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Snappy cell division in Actinobacteria

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Cell envelope assembly during V snapping, an unusual method of cell division in Actinobacteria, is mechanistically different than that seen during cell division of many other bacteria.

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Fig. 1: Comparative representation of the overall organization of different types of bacterial cell envelopes.

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